I was in LA a few weeks ago and took in the Kings' manhandling of the Oilers - the into-prump-up/whatever video was a montage of all the great moments in the history of the franchise, and even as a hockey fan of over 25 years, it floored me to realize that there was almost fifty years of NHL history in LA, but it might as well mean nothing because they aren't original six. You don't see the Astros or Angels or Mets of MLB, the NBA's former ABA teams, or the pre-merger AFL teams struggling for legitimacy this way decades later...

I think they are both here next year. Would like to see Keenan in place of Tippett, maybe just because I wanted Keenan initially, but I honestly think he'd be great with the youth that we've got coming up.

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HFboards reacts predictably to PerdPorn: imply that it was just a good-natured practical joke gone wrong and not unprofessionalism/incompetence, then a Panthers fan complains that the mods should delete the thread. Had it happened to the Sabres, the Oilers, or some other team that plays where it snows, the thread would be allowed to stay, it would go 30 pages, and everyone would say that the team should forfeit a first-round pick for it.

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This thread is bizarre. People commending Arizona for "rebuilding" and slamming Buffalo for tanking, when discussing the exact same types of moves. Everything that you have commended Arizona for doing - dismantling a core that wasn't getting it done, selling off UFAs for good value in futures - is no more or less than what Buffalo has done.

At the end of the season, Buffalo is on track to finish with about the same point total as last year. Arizona is going to be 30-40 (!) points worse than last season. And Buffalo is the team that actively decided to tank. Whatever.